LIKE WE DO, IN HIGH DEFINITION, NOW WMUR NEWS 9 TONIGHT. A FREAK ACCIDENT ON I-93 SENT A WOMAN FROM LONDONDERRY TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, I'M TOM GRIFFITH. AND I'M SHELLEY WALCOTT. 28-YEAR-OLD KRISTIN PATCH WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON 93 NEAR SALE WHEM A ROAD SIDE CONSTRUCTION SIGN CAME FLYING THROUGH HER WINDSHIELDING, HITTING HER IN THE FACE. WE WANT TO WARN YOU SOME OF THE IMAGES AND DETAILS OF THIS STORY ARE GRAPHIC. NICK SPINETTO IS ON 93 WITH MORE ABOUT THE STORY AND PATCH'S RECOVERY. NICK? YES, KRISTIN PATCH IS RECOVERING AT LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL TONIGHT. THE DETAILS OF THIS STORY ARE ABSOLUTELY SPINE TINGLING. ANYONE WHO DRIVES WILL WANT TO PAY ATTENTION, AGAIN WE DO WANT TO WARN YOU SOME OF THE DETAILS AND VISUALS IN THIS STORY ARE GRAPHIC. JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, THIS IS WHAT 28-YEAR-OLD KRISTIN PATCH LOOKED LIKE. BUT AFTER DRIVING DOWN I-93 SOUTH AND SUFFERING A FREAK ACCIDENT, THIS IS WHAT KRISTIN PATCH NOW LOOKS LIKE. IT ALL HAPPENED EARLIER THIS WEEK. PATCH WAS DRIVING BEHIND A TRACTOR TRAILER WHEN SOMEHOW A THREE LEGGED CONSTRUCTION SIGN LAYING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WENT AIRBORNE. THE METAL LEGS CRASHED THROUGH PATCH'S WINDSHIELD STRIKING HER IN THE FACE. AFTER BEING STRUCK BY ONE MUCH THOSE TRIPOD LEGS PATCH WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER HER CAR THROUGH TASK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE SHE WAS ABLE TO WAVE DOWN HELP. HER CELL PHONE WAS COVERED IN BLOOD SO HER TOUCH SCREEN WOULDN'T DIAL. LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO GET HELP AND TAKE TONE THE HOSPITAL TO BE TREATED. NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. THE FREAK ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN AN AREA NOT TOO FAR FROM A CONSTRUCTION SITE. BUT BOTH POLICE AND STATE OFFICIALS SAY THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPOKESMAN BILL BOYTON SAYS WE ARE LOOKING INTO THIS INCIDENT, THE SIGN WAS NOT BEING USED IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE SIGN WAS LEFT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BY A CONTRACTOR. NOW, KRISTIN PATCH HAD SURGERY YESTERDAY. HER ATTORNEY TELLS US THAT SHE ACTUALLY SAW THE SIGN COMING AT HER AND BRACED -- CLOSED HER EYES AND BRACED FOR IMPACT. IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY SURGERIES